A specialist says Burrow's injury is career altering

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Fishels

I still don’t understand how you can get such severe injury from simply running on the field. Bad angle? Something to do with the grass? Too much force?

It was a ticking time bomb. He’d been battling tendinitis in that heel already.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by Fishels

I still don’t understand how you can get such severe injury from simply running on the field. Bad angle? Something to do with the grass? Too much force?

it's like a fraying rope, tendinitis, then it just goes.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Fishels

I still don’t understand how you can get such severe injury from simply running on the field. Bad angle? Something to do with the grass? Too much force?

Injuries like that can happen off of nothing if the process started. Like for a regular person if you consistently have sore achillies tendon issues or you step back and it hurts at times you should be very careful if you decide to play pickup basketball you could blow your achilles.

In all reality you could tear your achillies walking across the living room if you have damaged it, and fraying rope is a solid comparison.